Student will understand that organ systems in the human body rely on processes and functioning at the cellular level.
Student will know how to display oral communication skills by teaching the class about a specific cellular process.
Student will be able to assume the role of the teacher and explain one specific aspect of cellular interaction.
Maine Learning Results Alignment
Maine Learning Results: Science and Technology - E. The Living Environment.
E3. Cells
Grade 9-Diploma Cells
Students describe structure and function of cells at the intracellular and molecular level including differentiation to form systems, interactions between cells and their environment, and the impact of cellular processes and changes on individuals.
d. Describe ways in which cells can malfunction and put an organism at risk. Rationale: Students will be required to display a complete understanding of the entire unit during this lesson. They will first get the opportunity to explain one idea of cellular organization and interaction to the class, and then must prove their understanding by completing a cumulative exam for the unit. This exam will include all organelle structures, how they interact, and that functioning at the cellular level allows cells to work together to form a network of systems.
Assessment
Formative (Assessment for Learning) Students will be assuming the role of a teacher and explaining a specific cellular process to the class. They will use a step chart to help organize their ideas and develop questions to put on the wiki space about their chosen cellular interaction. Developed questions must be submitted for approval before they can be posted on the wiki. Students will also be required to complete the WebQuest I have assigned, they will do this in pairs during allotted class time.
Summative (Assessment of Learning) Students will be required to answer the questions that their fellow classmates have developed and placed on the class wiki. These questions will be reviewed by me and then returned to students so they may make improvements and resubmit their answer for final scoring. Following a review session, I will give students an exam covering information over the past six lessons. This exam will provide me with another way to judge student understanding.
Integration
Type II Technology: Students will be creating questions and posting them on the class wiki page for other to answer. They will also be completing a WebQuest assignment in pairs. English: Students will need to use correct punctuation, spelling, and grammar when they create their questions to post on the wiki space.
Groupings
Students will be working in pairs during class to complete the WebQuest project I assigned. I will group students together by height. I will have all students align themselves from shortest to tallest, and then have pair students up from opposite sides. (Tallest with the shortest ect.)
Differentiated Instruction
Strategies Visual: A short video displaying animations of cellular interaction will be shown to students. Kinesthetic: Students will be assuming the role of a teacher and have to direct a class for a short time period, this will require effective physical skills. Naturalistic: Compare the natural patterns seen in nature with the routine cellular interactions that occur which allow for system f functioning. Interpersonal: Students will be interacting with a classroom of students using effective communication skills. Intrapersonal: All answers posted on the wikispace should be done individually, allowing for students to make sense of new ideas. Verbal: Students will be communicating to their peers, effective oral skills will be necessary.
Modifications/Accommodations I will review students’ IEPs, 504s or ELLIDEPs and make the appropriate modifications and accommodations. Students will be informed that some of the lessons in this unit contain sensitive subject matter. If students do not wish to participate in any given activity, which involves said subject matter, they may inform me and I will supply them with an appropriate alternative to the activity. Absent Students: All students who either; have a written excuse, or discussed their absence with me prior to class will be given the opportunity to make-up missed class work without any penalty. Any student absence that is not excused will receive a deduction in their class participation, but the student is expected and will be required to know the material they missed. Missed class work and ideas can be found from fellow classmates, the class wiki, online blog entries, or contract me via email and I will gladly set-up a time to meet with any student. All late assignments are gladly accepted, but late work due to unexcused absences will receive a deduction for each day the work is late.
Extensions Type two technology will be incorporated twice during this lesson; students will be required to answer each others questions that were posted on the wiki space, and students will be working in pairs to complete a WebQuest during class.
Materials, Resources and Technology
Day 1: Laptop with internet access Pen/Pencil Textbook Rubric for their presentation and question development (See below) Digital video (Hook) WebQuest assignment List of resources (See below) List of cellular interaction ideas (See below) Step chart organizer (See below) Day 2: Laptop with internet access Current event article (hook) Pen/Pencil Textbook Review sheet for exam Rubric for their presentation and question development (See below) Day 3: Pen/Pencil Exam
Source for Lesson Plan and Research
Day 1: Resource for rubric: Students will be provided a rubric that has clear expectations and requirements for their pod cast projects. http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php Resource for graphic organizer: A flow chart will used to help students organize the new material from the lesson. http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/ Resources for Creating Student wikis: Students will upload their finished product on the class wiki site. This is a convenient way for students to save their projects in multiple locations. http://www.wikispaces.com/ Resource for my digital video (Hook): Day 2: Resources for Creating Student wikis: Students will upload their finished questions on the class wiki site. This is a convenient way for students to save their projects in multiple locations. http://www.wikispaces.com/ Resource for current news article: http://www.cnn.com/ Resource for rubric: Students will be provided a rubric that has clear expectations and requirements for their pod cast projects. http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php Day 3: Resources for Creating Student wikis: Students will upload their finished questions on the class wiki site. This is a convenient way for students to save their projects in multiple locations. http://www.wikispaces.com/
Maine Standards for Initial Teacher Certification and Rationale
Standard 3 - Demonstrates a knowledge of the diverse ways in which students learn and develop by providing learning opportunities that support their intellectual, physical, emotional, social, and cultural development. Rationale:
Standard 4 - Plans instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, students, curriculum goals, and learning and development theory. Rationale:
Standard 5 - Understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies and appropriate technology to meet students’ needs. Rationale:
Standard 8 - Understands and uses a variety of formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and support the development of the learner. Rationale:
Teaching and Learning Sequence:
Day 1: The classroom will be arranged with desks aligned into four single rows. Agenda: Take class attendance Review ideas from last lesson Show digital video with animations (Hook) Pair students and complete WebQuest Introduce assignment for next class Provide work time for students Day 2: The classroom will be arranged with desks forming a “U,” this will keep students focused on their classmates presenting. Agenda:
Take class attendance Check to make sure students have uploaded revised question to the wiki space Read current article to the class (hook) Students will present their cellular interaction to the class Review for exam Day 3: The classroom will be arranged with desks aligned into four single rows. Agenda: Take class attendance Remind students that theywill have a chance to make corrections and re-submit their answers for an improved score. Provide an opportunity for student ask any clarifying question about the exam Pass out the exam
UMF LESSON PLAN FORMAT
Teacher’s Name: Mr. Lincoln Robinson Lesson #6 :N/A
Grade Level: 9-Diploma Topic: Role of the Teacher
Objectives:
organ systems in the human body rely on processes and functioning at the cellular level.
display oral communication skills by teaching the class about a specific cellular process.
assume the role of the teacher and explain one specific aspect of cellular interaction.
Maine Learning Results Alignment
E3. Cells
Grade 9-Diploma Cells
Students describe structure and function of cells at the intracellular and molecular level including differentiation to form systems, interactions between cells and their environment, and the impact of cellular processes and changes on individuals.
d. Describe ways in which cells can malfunction and put an organism at risk.
Rationale: Students will be required to display a complete understanding of the entire unit during this lesson. They will first get the opportunity to explain one idea of cellular organization and interaction to the class, and then must prove their understanding by completing a cumulative exam for the unit. This exam will include all organelle structures, how they interact, and that functioning at the cellular level allows cells to work together to form a network of systems.
Assessment
Students will be assuming the role of a teacher and explaining a specific cellular process to the class. They will use a step chart to help organize their ideas and develop questions to put on the wiki space about their chosen cellular interaction. Developed questions must be submitted for approval before they can be posted on the wiki. Students will also be required to complete the WebQuest I have assigned, they will do this in pairs during allotted class time.
Students will be required to answer the questions that their fellow classmates have developed and placed on the class wiki. These questions will be reviewed by me and then returned to students so they may make improvements and resubmit their answer for final scoring. Following a review session, I will give students an exam covering information over the past six lessons. This exam will provide me with another way to judge student understanding.
Integration
English: Students will need to use correct punctuation, spelling, and grammar when they create their questions to post on the wiki space.
Groupings
Differentiated Instruction
Visual: A short video displaying animations of cellular interaction will be shown to students.
Kinesthetic: Students will be assuming the role of a teacher and have to direct a class for a short time period, this will require effective physical skills.
Naturalistic: Compare the natural patterns seen in nature with the routine cellular interactions that occur which allow for system f functioning.
Interpersonal: Students will be interacting with a classroom of students using effective communication skills.
Intrapersonal: All answers posted on the wikispace should be done individually, allowing for students to make sense of new ideas.
Verbal: Students will be communicating to their peers, effective oral skills will be necessary.
I will review students’ IEPs, 504s or ELLIDEPs and make the appropriate modifications and accommodations. Students will be informed that some of the lessons in this unit contain sensitive subject matter. If students do not wish to participate in any given activity, which involves said subject matter, they may inform me and I will supply them with an appropriate alternative to the activity.
Absent Students:
All students who either; have a written excuse, or discussed their absence with me prior to class will be given the opportunity to make-up missed class work without any penalty. Any student absence that is not excused will receive a deduction in their class participation, but the student is expected and will be required to know the material they missed. Missed class work and ideas can be found from fellow classmates, the class wiki, online blog entries, or contract me via email and I will gladly set-up a time to meet with any student. All late assignments are gladly accepted, but late work due to unexcused absences will receive a deduction for each day the work is late.
Type two technology will be incorporated twice during this lesson; students will be required to answer each others questions that were posted on the wiki space, and students will be working in pairs to complete a WebQuest during class.
Materials, Resources and Technology
Laptop with internet access
Pen/Pencil
Textbook
Rubric for their presentation and question development (See below)
Digital video (Hook)
WebQuest assignment
List of resources (See below)
List of cellular interaction ideas (See below)
Step chart organizer (See below)
Day 2:
Laptop with internet access
Current event article (hook)
Pen/Pencil
Textbook
Review sheet for exam
Rubric for their presentation and question development (See below)
Day 3:
Pen/Pencil
Exam
Source for Lesson Plan and Research
Resource for rubric: Students will be provided a rubric that has clear expectations and requirements for their pod cast projects.
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
Resource for graphic organizer: A flow chart will used to help students organize the new material from the lesson.
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/
Resources for Creating Student wikis: Students will upload their finished product on the class wiki site. This is a convenient way for students to save their projects in multiple locations.
http://www.wikispaces.com/
Resource for my digital video (Hook):
Day 2:
Resources for Creating Student wikis: Students will upload their finished questions on the class wiki site. This is a convenient way for students to save their projects in multiple locations.
http://www.wikispaces.com/
Resource for current news article:
http://www.cnn.com/
Resource for rubric: Students will be provided a rubric that has clear expectations and requirements for their pod cast projects.
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
Day 3:
Resources for Creating Student wikis: Students will upload their finished questions on the class wiki site. This is a convenient way for students to save their projects in multiple locations.
http://www.wikispaces.com/
Maine Standards for Initial Teacher Certification and Rationale
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Teaching and Learning Sequence:
Agenda:
Take class attendance
Review ideas from last lesson
Show digital video with animations (Hook)
Pair students and complete WebQuest
Introduce assignment for next class
Provide work time for students
Day 2: The classroom will be arranged with desks forming a “U,” this will keep students focused on their classmates presenting.
Agenda:
Take class attendance
Check to make sure students have uploaded revised question to the wiki space
Read current article to the class (hook)
Students will present their cellular interaction to the class
Review for exam
Day 3: The classroom will be arranged with desks aligned into four single rows.
Agenda:
Take class attendance
Remind students that they will have a chance to make corrections and re-submit their answers for an improved score.
Provide an opportunity for student ask any clarifying question about the exam
Pass out the exam